Our mission
EducArte works to ensure equity in the performing arts and arts education for Brazilian and Latin American audiences and artists in the Greater Washington DC region. We offer music and dance programs that celebrate the cultural knowledge of African, Indigenous, and European communities in Brazil and throughout the Americas.
Our vision
We envision a performing arts and arts education landscape in which local and visiting performers and educators in Latin American traditions reflect the demographic makeup, aesthetic values, and cultural traditions of our local audiences, and where creatives feel free to explore these rich traditions to create new works and innovate their practices.
Our values
Our guiding values are to elevate equity and diversity in the arts, pay artists fairly, build community through creativity, and respect all cultural traditions equally. We approach our projects and community with a deep commitment to social justice, equity, inclusion, and equality.
Our work
We create educational programs to promote and support local and visiting artists. Our work sparks cross-cultural communication through workshops, lectures, discussions, residencies, and community events in traditional and non-traditional arts spaces.
Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
EducArte values and celebrates diversity. Central to our mission is the representation of cultural practices of historically marginalized communities through our educational programming. We define diversity in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, ability, and class, as well as life experiences, educational background, and artistic research and practice. Our organization is committed to creating an inclusive environment in both our programming and within our internal team. We are also committed to ensuring that our board and administrative team includes people from diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Upcoming events
Weekly music lessons at ABRACE
In partnership with ABRACE, EducArte offers free weekly music lessons for Portuguese-speaking children. Our instructors teach students the basics of Brazilian music, including music theory, history, and practice. All classes are conducted in Portuguese to promote and maintain Brazilian arts, culture, and linguistic heritage language of participating families.
Find out more »McLean, VA 22101 United States
Brazilian Carnival Dance Class: Frevo & Samba
Join us for our two-part Brazilian carnival dance class, featuring frevo and samba! Frevo is taught by Kate Spanos and samba is taught by Ilheuma Zezeh.
Find out more »College Park, MD 20740 United States
Brazilian Bateria Class
Learn from Brazilian samba master percussionist André Coelho from Rio de Janeiro! André will demonstrate and teach each of the essential Brazilian samba percussion instruments.
Find out more »College Park, MD 20740 United States
Guitar and violin concert (private event)
Private event. Want to hire us to perform or teach a workshop? Contact us.
Find out more »Weekly music lessons at ABRACE
In partnership with ABRACE, EducArte offers free weekly music lessons for Portuguese-speaking children. Our instructors teach students the basics of Brazilian music, including music theory, history, and practice. All classes are conducted in Portuguese to promote and maintain Brazilian arts, culture, and linguistic heritage language of participating families.
Find out more »McLean, VA 22101 United States
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